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Girl Has Seizure After 5 Hours Of Video Gaming
Girl Has Seizure After 5 Hours Of Video Gaming
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news...21/detail.html Doctor Says Long-Term Video Game Playing Is Likely Cause POSTED: 8:34 am MST December 9, 2005 DES MOINES, Iowa -- A central Iowa mother woke up over the weekend to find her daughter having a seizure. After a trip to the emergency room, a family learned that the cause was most likely from playing video games too long, Des Moines television station KCCI reported. Doctors said such incidents are not common, but they do happen. Certain people are prone to it because of the way their brains work. Once was enough for 14-year-old Amy Kopaska. She loves to play video games, the station reported. She spent five hours straight playing a video game over the weekend. Her marathon session led to a frightening situation. "This has never happened before. Boy, it scared the life out of me," said Janell Hansen, Kopaska's mother. Hansen woke up early Sunday and heard an awful noise from her daughter's room. She found her daughter thrashing on her bed. "I rolled her over. Her eyes were dilated. She was foaming at the mouth, gasping for air. Just breathing very hard," Hansen said. Hansen said that at one point it appeared her daughter had quit breathing all together. "Then it was quiet. She didn't move. I thought I was watching her die. It scared me terribly," Hansen said. Hansen gave Kopaska a couple of big breaths as she waited for the paramedics. At the hospital, after several tests and questions, the conclusion was that the long-term use of the video game induced the seizure. "The pattern of the lights sets up an abnormal reaction in the brain, and that causes the seizure to happen," said Dr. Joel Waymire, a pediatrician. Kopaska doesn't remember anything about the seizure. "My mind is a blank, like dreaming without the dream," she said. Kopaska was playing the game called "True Crime: New York City." There's a car driving through snow and the snowflakes act as a strobe light. Kopaska's brother played, too, but he took a break when it was her turn. She stayed and watched him play. Kopaska now only plays one to two hours at a time and then takes a break. |
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Has Seizure After 5 Hours Of Video Gaming
the same phenomenon was discovered in Japan abut 10 yrs ago when some
youngsters had seizures after playing Pokemon video game. |
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Girl Has Seizure After 5 Hours Of Video Gaming
fgoodwin wrote:
Hansen woke up early Sunday and heard an awful noise from her daughter's room. She found her daughter thrashing on her bed. "I rolled her over. Her eyes were dilated. She was foaming at the mouth, gasping for air. Just breathing very hard," Hansen said. Sounds more like she was learning how to masturbate instead of playing video games. |
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Has Seizure After 5 Hours Of Video Gaming
On 13 Dec 2005 09:07:53 -0800, "Sushi Fish"
wrote: the same phenomenon was discovered in Japan abut 10 yrs ago when some youngsters had seizures after playing Pokemon video game. Not really. People didn't get seizure from watching 5 hours of Pokemon, it was that 3 seconds red/blue flashing scene that did it. Typical people could play a lot longer than 5 hours though so she probably had a minor issue that was triggered only by long gaming session. I think my best was like 2 days with only bathroom and meal breaks. -- When you hear the toilet flush, and hear the words "uh oh", it's already too late. - by anonymous Mother in Austin, TX Spam block in place, no emil reply is expected at all. |
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Has Seizure After 5 Hours Of Video Gaming
In alt.games.video.xbox Sushi Fish wrote:
the same phenomenon was discovered in Japan abut 10 yrs ago when some youngsters had seizures after playing Pokemon video game. It's even older than that. As far back as the original Nintendo, games have always come with a warning about people sensitive to flashing lights may suffer epiliptic seizures even if they don't have epilipsy. Even before that, any event using strobe lights would post warnings for people with epilipsy. |
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Has Seizure After 5 Hours Of Video Gaming
In alt.games.video.xbox Impmon wrote:
Typical people could play a lot longer than 5 hours though so she probably had a minor issue that was triggered only by long gaming session. I think my best was like 2 days with only bathroom and meal breaks. I don't think it was caused by the duration of her playing, but by a certain effect in the game she was playing. Taking more frequent breaks and playing in a brightly lit room will certainly help to minimize risk. Now then, why was a 14 year old playing a violent "M" game in the first place? I'm surprised the anti-gaming kooks haven't jumped on this saying "video games can kill your kid!" |
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Has Seizure After 5 Hours Of Video Gaming
"Doug Jacobs" wrote in message ... In alt.games.video.xbox Sushi Fish wrote: the same phenomenon was discovered in Japan abut 10 yrs ago when some youngsters had seizures after playing Pokemon video game. It's even older than that. As far back as the original Nintendo, games have always come with a warning about people sensitive to flashing lights may suffer epiliptic seizures even if they don't have epilipsy. Even before that, any event using strobe lights would post warnings for people with epilipsy. About the epilepsy warning, it says it at the beginning of most games now doesn't it? |
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Has Seizure After 5 Hours Of Video Gaming
"Mattinglyfan" wrote in message ... "Doug Jacobs" wrote in message ... In alt.games.video.xbox Sushi Fish wrote: the same phenomenon was discovered in Japan abut 10 yrs ago when some youngsters had seizures after playing Pokemon video game. It's even older than that. As far back as the original Nintendo, games have always come with a warning about people sensitive to flashing lights may suffer epiliptic seizures even if they don't have epilipsy. Even before that, any event using strobe lights would post warnings for people with epilipsy. About the epilepsy warning, it says it at the beginning of most games now doesn't it? I've been seeing that warning in arcades for well over a decade now. I dont often see the warning during booting of a game, but its always there in the manual. Wurm |
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Has Seizure After 5 Hours Of Video Gaming
On 2005-12-14, Wurm wrote:
I've been seeing that warning in arcades for well over a decade now. I dont often see the warning during booting of a game, but its always there in the manual. I think the epilepsy warning is there for the same reason they print "Do Not Eat" on the packets of silica gel used as a drying agent in electrical equipment packaging. They just don't want to be sued by some **** who's to stupid to live Choobs -- Sir Chewbury Gubbins Knight of the Wholly Gnarly Widget Mario Kart DS FC: 146 088 722 295 http://www.nelefa.org |
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Has Seizure After 5 Hours Of Video Gaming
Actually there were some cases in Japan of people having seizures from
the flashing lights in a CARTOON!!! It wasn't even a video game! The Simpsons made fun of that incident in the episode where Homer goes to Japan to investigate why his picture was on a box of Dish Detergent. |
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